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Apostoleris, Nicholas Harry. "Children's Love of Learning: Home Schooling and Intrinsic Motivation for Learning." Clark University, 2000.

Baez, Benjamin, and Susan Talburt. "Governing for Responsibility and with Love: Parents and Children between Home and School." Educational Theory 58, no. 1 (2008): 25-43.

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Hedin, Norma S. "A Study of the Self-Concept of Older Children in Selected Texas Churches Who Attend Home Schools as Compared to Older Children Who Attend Christian Schools and Public Schools." Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1990.

Hedin, Norma S. "Self-Concept in Baptist Children in Three Educational Settings." Home School Researcher 7, no. 3 (1991): 1-5.

Higgins, James Brian. "Home Schooling in New Mexico: A Case Study of One Family's Experience." Ph.D., The University of New Mexico, 2002.

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Holinga, Karen Rodgers. "The Cycle of Transformation in Home School Families over Time." Ohio State University, 1999.

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Jackson, Glenda Mary. "'More Than One Way to Learn': Home Educated Students' Transitions between Home and School." Monash University, 2009.

Jennens, Roger. "Professional Knowledge and Practice in Health, Welfare and Educational Agencies in England in Relation to Children Being Educated at Home: An Exploratory Review." Child Care in Practice 17, no. 2 (2011): 143-61.

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Kunzman, Robert. "Homeschooling in Indiana: A Closer Look." In CEEP Policy Brief Series. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University, 2005.

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Kunzman, Robert. Write These Laws on Your Children: Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling. Boston: Beacon Press, 2009.

Kunzman, Robert. "Education, Schooling, and Children's Rights: The Complexity of Homeschooling." Educational Theory 62, no. 1 (2012): 75-89.

Lavoie, Lisa Degnan. "Examining the Perceived Academic and Social Development of Six Early Entrant Home-Schooled Students in a Connecticut Community College: A Practical Action Research Study." Ed.D., University of Hartford, 2006.

Leiterman, Eloise Lee. "Home Schooling: Is It Superior Now to Public-School Instruction? No, Children Need a Broader Perspective." Christian Science Monitor, 24 April 1984.

Lois, Jennifer. "Emotionally Layered Accounts: Homeschoolers' Justifications for Maternal Deviance." Deviant Behavior 30, no. 2 (2009): 201-34.

Lopez Haugen, Denise. "The Social Competence of Homeschooled and Conventionally Schooled Adolescents: A Preliminary Investigation." Psy.D., George Fox University, 2005.

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Morgan, Phyllis T., and Roy C. Rodriguez. "Home School Parents: A Rural Survey." Rural Educator 10, no. 1 (1988): 15-18.

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Mullins, Barbara Ann Burdo. "Christian Home-School Students' Perceptions of Their Socialization." University of Virginia, 1992.

Naughton, Ingrid E. "Home School and the Socialization of Middle School Children: Parental Perceptions." Ph.D., Walden University, 2007.

Nemer, Kariane Mari. "Schooling Alone: Homeschoolers, Individualism, and the Public Schools." Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2004.

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O'Toole, Kathleen. "School Choice: Are Parents' Educational Prefernces All That Matters?" Stanford Report, 19 May 1999.

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Rice, Lorraine Stahl. "Home Schooling at the High School Level: Observations, Characteristics, Perceptions, and Attitudes of Six Students and Their Parents." Temple University, 1999.

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